Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Clever Magpie Trades Bottle Caps for Treats
Inventor Hans Forsberg created a wonderfully efficient machine that encourages wild birds to trade in found bottle caps for treats. Forsberg has taken the time…
A Lifelike ‘Mutant Toad’ Cake From ‘Love and Monsters’
Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes showed how to make a cake in the image of a rather ugly "Mutant Toad" from the film "Love and Monsters".
A Reflective Electric Guitar Built With Infinity Mirrors
Burl, the creative luthier of Burls Art appeared to be feeling rather reflective and decided to build an incredibly sleek Infinity Mirror Guitar. Like his…
An Amusing Short Film About Reverse Trick-or-Treating With a Portable Door Inspired by a Doc Pop Comic
Bradley Montesi of Unsportsmanlike Content created an adorably spooky video about “reverse trick-or-treaters” that come to a boy’s front door. The filmmaker stated that he…
How to Make a 9-Volt Battery Walk Like a Human
Dominic of ViralVideoLab (previously) silently demonstrated how to make a 9-volt battery walk like a human with the use of two small magnets. Attach the…
Puddles Pity Party Performs a New Wave Cover of the Lorde Song ‘Royals’
Puddles Pity Party (previously), the honey-voiced clown, and fellow Rain Dog, performed a new wave cover of the Lorde song “Royals”, complete with his very…
Shiba Inu Adorably Sleeps in a Bag of Potato Chips Bed
An adorably curious Shiba Inu named Yuki thoroughly investigated a new bed that her humans placed upon the floor for her. The cover of the…
Historic Primary School Building ‘Walks’ Using Robotic Feet to New Location Outside the Shanghai City Center
When an irregularly shaped, five-story primary school from 1935 became too unwieldy for a downtown Shanghai construction project, the architects decided against tearing the classic…
One Legged Motivational Speaker Dresses Up as Baby Groot From ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ For Halloween
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Josh Sundquist (@joshsundquist) on Oct 30, 2020 at 1:50pm PDT Each Halloween Josh Sundquist, comedian, author,…
How the Stop-Motion Animated Film ‘Coraline’ Borrows Narratives From Classic Fairy Tales and Ghost Stories
Michael Tucker of Lessons From the Screenplay takes a deeper look into the 2009 stop-motion animated film Coraline. Tucker explains how the narrative of the…